Books of The Times

LESS than two miles from my house as you go up Ferris Hill and past the Country Club lives one of the most popular novelists in the world. When he moved into our town a few years ago his arrival aroused considerable interest. After all, what literate adult has not read at least some of the novels of A. J. Cronin? What kind of a fabulous creature would the celebrity be?View Full Article in Timesmachine »

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